Maharaja (1998)

Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child, in vain though. After 20 years Kohinoor (Govinda) returns to claim his rightful place in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Anil Sharma

Stars:

Govinda, Manisha Koirala, Raj Babbar

Cast

Credited cast:
Govinda	...	Kohinoor Karan
Manisha Koirala	...	Shaili Mathur
Raj Babbar	...	Ali
Salim Ghouse	...	Ranvir Singh
Shakti Kapoor	...	Bhalu Prasad Bihari Orey
Aruna Irani	...	Ameenabi
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Hanuman Baba
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ishrat Ali	...	Devkaran
Aparajita	...	Kohinoor's mom
Shyam Bahadur	...	(as Shyam Bamadur)
Bajrangi
Birbal	...	Train passenger
Prem Chopra	...	Suryamani
Amit Ghanshyam
Ginni

Storyline

Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child, in vain though. After 20 years Kohinoor (Govinda) returns to claim his rightful place in the kingdom. He has developed advanced powers over matter and animals, which he uses to his advance to free his nanny, Ameenabi (Aruna Irani) who is being held by Ranbir and his associates. Kohinoor must pass numerous tests, including being exploited by a television reporter, Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala), who claims that she loves him; and fight hungry, blinded, man-eating lions.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | kiss | jungle | rescue | murder | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was originally started in 1990 with Sri Devi and Anil Kapoor. Jackie was first approached for the film but he declined. The film was to be produced by actor Rajan Sippy. Anil Kapoor wanted Manisha Koirala for the film. But Subhash Ghai advised her it was a wrong film to do. The film's story line was also different. There was talk that Sridevi wanted the title to be "Maharani". When the film got shelved, Anil Sharma revived the film years later with another subject, another star cast, another producer.

User Reviews

Nice adventure film

You shouldn't expect too much sense of the story, nor too high production values.

This is an old-fashioned adventure movie with a story not to be taken too serious. The bad guys are really very bad and depraved, and the good guys are similarly very brave and noble.

However, if you watch the film with these things in mind, you won't be disappointed. It's simply great fun, and has some good comic relief side stories too.

The erotic content is rather risqué by Bollywood standards, in addition to the standard dancing with wet clothes we also get some overt kissing.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

4 September 1998 (India)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

164 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color